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Sean Monahan scored a pair of goals in Thursday's 3-2 overtime win over the Montreal Canadiens.

Monahan opened the scoring at the 6:31 mark of the first period. His second tally of the night was huge, as it proved to be the game-winning goal in overtime. Monahan finished the night with a plus-1 rating and four shots on goal in 20:41 of ice time. The Flames forward has a point in each of his last three games. He's up to 17 goals and 30 points in 29 games this season.

Mark Jankowski was practicing on the Flames' first power-play unit Saturday morning.

And why not? He scored twice Thursday night in the Flames' 3-0 win over Arizona and Calgary coach Glen Gulutzan is rewarding him for his efforts. One of the goals was Play of the Month worthy. You might want to pick up Jankowski for Saturday night's contest against the Oilers.

Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist in a 7-5 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

The Flames were down 6-1 just 1:29 into the third period and fought back to make it as close as 6-5, but they couldn't find the game-tying goal. Gaudreau's point total has now reached 36 in 26 games this season, good enough for third most in the NHL behind Kucherov (38) and Stamkos (37). After concerns of goals being down across the league, the NHL might see three players crack the 100-point plateau this season.

As previously reported, the Flames have listed Versteeg as month-to-month. He sustained the injury on Nov. 24. "He'd had some history with the hip," said Flames GM Brad Treliving. "He tweaked it. He zigged when he should've zagged. It's not something like he blocks a shot and you have a bruise there, or somebody hit him and that caused the problem. He turned and got jammed up and put stress on the joint. What we're dealing with is a hip labrum issue."

Sam Bennett scored the winner on Saturday and has points in six of his last seven contests.

Bennett got off to a horrible start this season with only one point in his first 16 games and there were plenty of pundits stating that he needed a change of address to regain his form. But the fourth overall pick in 2014 has been hot of late as he has three goals and eight points in his last seven games. He now has 11 points in 30 games. That is not anything to write home about but he has been improving and should be on your radar at this time.

Frolik broke in on a two-on-one and took a perfect pass from Mikael Backlund, beating Brian Elliott for the 5-4 win. Frolik has four goals and nine points in 19 games. Frolik usually averages about a point every two games so his scoring this season is right on pace.

Ferland's goal at the 18:57 mark of the second period tied the game at one. The Flames forward now has 12 goals and 17 points in 30 games this season. Johnny Gaudreau added a goal in the shootout, but it wasn't enough to give the Flames the win.

Hathaway's linemates were Matt Stajan and Curtis Lazar. The Flames summoned Hathaway to help fill the void as they are dealing with a few injured forwards, but Hathaway isn't likely to have much fantasy value if he's playing on the fourth line. It's unfortunate because Hathaway has 11 goals and 19 points in 18 AHL contests this season, so it would be interesting to see what he could do if given a decent amount of playing time.

Dougie Hamilton assisted on both of Calgary's regulation time goals in its 3-2 shootout win against Nashville.

Hamilton logged 16:44 minutes though, which is awfully low for him. It might prove to be an anomaly, but it's worth keeping an eye on. Regardless, he now has a goal and six points in nine games this season.

T.J. Brodie posted an assist with a blocked shot in Tuesday's 5-3 loss against the Canucks.

Brodie has struggled at the offensive end, as he has failed to light the lamp in 13 straight games since his two-goal outburst back on Oct. 7. He has just two points over the past two outings, but both helpers have come in three games in November. Perhaps he is starting to snap out of his offensive funk. Either way, he helped fantasy owners and DFS players with 24 blocked shots through 15 games.

Travis Hamonic (lower body) will be back in the lineup on Monday night versus St. Louis.

The Flames have removed Hamonic from injured reserve. Rasmus Andersson isn't listed on the team's official roster, which suggests he has been returned to the minors to make room for Hamonic, who has missed the last three games.

Michael Stone lit the lamp 5:29 into the third period Tuesday against the Maple Leafs, helping his team avoid a shutout in the 4-1 loss.

Stone was also able to record a pair of blocked shots and a hit in 14:25 of ice time. He isn't much of a help in the offensive categories, but he has rolled up 29 hits and 44 blocked shots through 24 games to help fantasy owners in deeper pools.

Matt Bartkowski will be a healthy scratch in Thursday's game against the Montreal Canadiens.

He's the only healthy scratch because Freddie Hamilton and Matt Stajan are replacing Jaromir Jagr (injured) and Matthew Tkachuk (suspended). Bartkowski has no goals and a minus-4 rating in 11 games this season.

Brett Kulak didn't make his season debut until Oct. 21, but he's appeared in four of Calgary's last five contests.

Kulak began the season as the Flames' seventh defenseman and is looking to win an every game role. It helped that he registered an assist on Sunday and was named the game's second star. "It’s a good little boost for me after a win like that, to get a star. It’s pretty cool," Kulak said. "But for me now, I think it’s just about moving forward with it. I think maybe in the past, it would be something I would get really giddy and excited about. But now, it’s just we’re brought in here to do a job, and I think going out there and getting the win is doing that job. So I just have to move forward with it." Based on Tuesday's practice pairings, he'll probably stay in the lineup for Thursday's game.

Smith gave up a goal late in the first period, but he was able to shut the door until the shootout. Unfortunately for Smith, the Wild managed to score twice during the shootout. He now has a 13-9-3 record with a 2.61 goals-against-average and a .919 save percentage this season. Smith has now dropped two shootout decisions in his last three games.

David Rittich allowed two goals on 37 shots in Thursday's 3-2 overtime win over the Montreal Canadiens.

This was Rittich's third appearance of the season and he's now given up two goals in each of those games. The Flames backup netminder owns a 2-1-0 record with a 2.57 goals-against-average and a .913 save percentage this season. He doesn't have any fantasy value.